大学英语听说3 Unit 7
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新视野大学英语(第三版)视听说3网课答案Unit 1 (1)Sharing (1)Listening (2)Viewing (2)Role-play (2)Presenting (3)Conversations (3)Passage (3)News (4)Unit test (4)Unit 2 (6)Sharing (6)Listening (6)Viewing (7)Role-play (7)Presenting (8)Conversations (8)Passage (8)News (9)Unit test (9)Unit 3 (11)Sharing (11)Viewing (12)Role-play (12)Presenting (12)Conversations (13)Passage (13)News (13)Unit test (14)Unit 4 (15)Sharing (15)Listening (15)Viewing (16)Presenting (17)Conversations (17)Passage (17)News (18)Unit test (18)Unit 5 (19)Sharing (19)Listening (20)Viewing (20)Role-play (20)Conversations (21)Passage (21)News (21)Unit test (22)Unit 6 (23)Sharing (23)Viewing (23)Role-play (24)Presenting (24)Conversations (24)Passage (25)News (25)Unit test (25)Unit 7 (27)Sharing (27)Listening (27)Viewing (28)Role-play (28)Presenting (28)Conversations (29)Passage (29)News (29)Unit test (30)Unit 8 (31)Sharing (31)Listening (31)Viewing (32)Role-play (33)Presenting (33)Passage (34)News (34)Unit test (34)Unit 1SharingTask 2(1) daredevil(2) bungee jumping(3) cup of tea(4) feel good(5) achievementTask 3c-d-e-b-aTask 41, 2, 4Task 5BCBCBTask 61.(1)started off(2) a huge business empire2.(1)teacher(2)taught me so much about life3.(1)imprisoned(2)survived(3)impressed(4)ability or the skillsListeningTask 2Activity 11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11ViewingTask 2Activity 13Activity 2e-g-c-b-f-a-dActivity 31. 90 minutes2. true landmark3.(1)10 times(2)focus4. make this challenge5. seven miles6.(1)four months(2)outstanding achievement Role-playTask 1Activity 1BActivity 31. Like I said2. having said that3. That's what I was saying PresentingTask 1Activity 21, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 Conversations ShortBCADCLongBAACPassageTask 1DCABTask 2(1) believe in(2) circumstances(3) searching for(4) a strong sense of(5) responsibility(6) insecurity(7) integrity(8) accomplishing(9) are longing for(10) priorities NewsTask 1ADDTask 2BBDUnit test PartⅠBCADCPartⅡDABCCPartⅢBCAADPartⅣ(1) opening(2) struggled(3) progress(4) remaining(5) emerged(6) continued(7) enlarge(8) crawling(9) get through(10) as strong asUnit 2SharingTask 2(1) mood(2) sun(3) smile(4) feelingTask 3b-e-a-d-cTask 43, 5Task 51.(1)success of the business(2)last June2. vegetables and flowers3.(1)visit my father(2)amazing sights4. applicants5. getting a jobListeningTask 2Activity 11.(1)people are getting angrier(2)controlling their temper2. leave us feeling angry3. in a controlled way4. feel much better5.(1)laughter therapy(2)they make them laugh(3)doing something funny6. they don't need medicineActivity 21, 4ViewingTask 2Activity 11. eager pleased2. nervous awkward3. expectant excited4. agitated contentedRole-playTask 1Activity 1G-A-C-F-B-D-EActivity 23, 5, 5, 2, 4, 4+6, 6, 7, 1, 5Activity 31, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13Presenting Task 1Activity 11, 2, 3Activity 21, 3, 5, 7 Conversations ShortDCAADLongCBADPassageTask 1BCAATask 2(1) exerting(2) fabulous(3) talk them out(4) approaches(5) head for(6) efficient(7) is linked with(8) compare favorably to(9) boost(10) sessionNewsTask 1BDTask 2DDUnit testPartⅠCDAACPartⅡBCCBCPartⅢADBAAPartⅣ(1) at(2) wheel(3) tone(4) expression(5) Honey(6) divorce(7) speed(8) talk me out(9) bank accounts(10) everything I needUnit 3SharingTask 2(1) block(2) a few of(3) similar(4) quite a lot(5) wellTask 3b-d-a-cTask 41, 4, 4, 5, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 4Task 51.(1)exist as well(2)loud music2.(1)respecting privacy(2)participating(3)needs help3.(1)considerate(2)property(3)friendly Task 62, 3Viewing Task 2 Activity 1e-a-f-b-d-c Activity 2 AABCRole-play Task 1 Activity 1 DCBA Activity 21, 3, 5Activity 31, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 Presenting Task 1 Activity 12, 4Activity 21, 4, 6 Conversations ShortDBCBCLongCBCBPassageTask 1BDCDTask 2(1) illegal(2) taking family vacations(3) acquaintances(4) throwing a party(5) verbal(6) tolerant(7) intervene(8) splits the difference(9) resolve(10) talk it outNewsTask 1ADTask 2DBUnit test PartⅠACACBPartⅡBBDACPartⅢCBDDDPartⅣ(1) winter(2) literally(3) community(4) wider(5) siblings(6) woods(7) explore(8) catching(9) would run(10) golf courseUnit 4SharingTask 2c-d-a-bTask 32, 3, 4, 5Task 41.(1)amazing(2)changed my life2.(1)mobile phone(2)emails3.(1)camera(2)taking a picture4.(1)fantasy(2)cakes5.(1)arts(2)creativity ListeningTask 2Activity 1cheaperbetteroilsadsafetyappetiteprecisionpurpleActivity 2(1) Which soft drink(2) want things(3) how consumers behave(4) above(5) a bigger share(6) small(7) I deserve the best(8) steam(9) cigarette smoke(10) smile(11) a tick symbol(12) positive(13) built-in associations(14) sports equipment ViewingTask 2Activity 1ABCRole-playTask 1(1) feel about(2) having a competition(3) consider(4) strike(5) it'd be great(6) Suppose we(7) a problem(8) frankly(9) complicated(10) grab(11) thinking of(12) go with PresentingTask 1Activity 21, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Conversations ShortDBCADLongBCDBPassageTask 1BCADTask 2(1) vary(2) a large portion of(3) well-being(4) profound(5) accessible(6) ultimately(7) have a harmful effect on(8) went against(9) aviation(10) is not worth pursuing NewsTask 1DDTask 2CDCUnit testPartⅠBCACDPartⅡCCDADPartⅢDABAAPartⅣ(1) biological(2) firmly(3) efforts(4) isolation(5) objectors(6) originality(7) modest(8) improve the health(9) morally(10) legislationUnit 5SharingTask 2(1) producer(2) enjoys(3) in a successful band(4) dream jobsTask 31, 2, 3, 8, 9, 11Task 41.(1)footballer(2)enough2.(1)professional(2)performing3.(1)band(2)world-famous4.(1)sports(2)later on(3)serving people Task 5e-b-a-d-cTask 61, 4ListeningTask 2Activity 1B-C-AActivity 2ABBACACCABActivity 31.(1)loved fashion(2)amazing for me(3)hard work2.(1)look good all the time(2)feeling terrible3.(1)eating delicious food(2)get paid(3)get bored4.(1)work off(2)I gave it up5.(1)wonderfully romantic(2)how tiring6.(1)ruin the grapes(2)worry about the weather(3)absolutely fascinatingViewingTask 2BDBDRole-playTask 1Activity 1CBBBActivity 21, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 Conversations ShortBBADCLongBABDPassageTask 1DABDTask 2(1) suffer from(2) enthusiastic(3) erodes(4) competent(5) clear-cut(6) labeling(7) comes down to(8) commonplace(9) tend to(10) focusing onNewsTask 1ACTask 2AABUnit test PartⅠADADDPartⅡDCABBPartⅢACAADPartⅣ(1) predict(2) identical(3) typical(4) boring(5) variety(6) dangerous(7) normal(8) some robbers(9) captured(10) right thereUnit 6SharingTask 2(1) reading(2) modern world(3) opportunities(4) influenced(5) betterTask 31.(1)education(2)right to vote2.(1)technologies(2)medicine(3) a better life3. person of today4. more values5.(1)great causes(2)imaginations6. a bad thingTask 4e-b-a-c-dTask 52, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10ViewingTask 2Activity 11, 2, 4Activity 2(1) fame(2) beautiful(3) simple(4) unhappy(5) lowly-paid(6) talent(7) EarthRole-playTask 1Activity 1AABBBActivity 22, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11 Presenting Task 12, 4 Conversations ShortCABABLongACCBPassageTask 1ADBBTask 2(1) estimated(2) assassinated(3) was intended to(4) released from(5) made a contract with(6) gave way(7) ensued(8) survived(9) victims(10) perishedNewsTask 1BDTask 2BAUnit testPartⅠCBACDPartⅡCCDABPartⅢCADCDPartⅣ(1) beneficial(2) fought(3) strengthened(4) pulled out(5) part(6) serve as(7) amazing(8) stood(9) sought(10) civilizationUnit 7SharingTask 2(1) fixing problems with my bike(2) sort out their emotional problems(3) solving problems(4) a practical personTask 3AAAAABCTask 4BDACTask 5a-c-f-g-b-d-eListeningTask 2Activity 23ViewingTask 2Activity 11. rises for the first time in four months2. power an enormous change3. touched by the power of the sun4. reaches its peak5. won its battle with the ice Activity 21, 3, 4Role-playTask 1(1) I'm not sure(2) Sure(3) Let me have a look(4) Yes, I can(5) Yes, of course(6) I'm afraid I can't do that(7) Yes, of course(8) Of course notPresentingTask 1Activity 21, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8Conversations ShortCABDBLongDABDPassageTask 1BAACTask 2(1) was accompanied by(2) acceleration(3) severe(4) endeavor(5) practicable(6) analogy(7) speeding up(8) attempts to(9) foster(10) second nature NewsTask 1BCTask 2CBUnit test PartⅠBAACAPartⅡDDCABPartⅢCCBAAPartⅣ(1) different(2) thread(3) nothing(4) effects(5) solve(6) round(7) worse(8) try to solve(9) part(10) take the timeUnit 8SharingTask 3(1) emails1+2+3+4+5(2) mobile phone/telephone1+2+3+4(3) face-to-face contact1(4) letters1+2+3(5) having dinner1(6) postcards1(7) texe messages1Task 42, 4, 5, 6Task 5c-b-aListeningTask 2Activity 11, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9Activity 21. camera filming you2. stop barriers3.(1)quickest(2)easiest(3)straightforward4. ultimately5.(1)delivery(2)broadcastActivity 31. in the near future2. in the future3. in the next ten years4. in years to come5. in the short term6.(1)in a month or two(2)in the short term(3)in the long term7. in the short termViewingTask 2Activity 11. wealth2. challenge3. spy4. Web addicts5. knowledgeActivity 2f-d-a-b-c-eActivity 31. A quarter2. 35 million3. a billion4. Five million5. Eighteen millionRole-playTask 1Activity 2(1) I didn't catch any of that(2) lost me(3) repeat the last name(4) say that again(5) exactly do you mean(6) Didn't you say(7) what you're saying(8) there's nothing at all PresentingTask 1Activity 21, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 Conversations ShortACDAALongDBCDPassage Task 1ACCDTask 2(1) endangered(2) falling apart(3) calculates(4) tosses aside(5) turn to(6) unprecedentedly(7) classified(8) shut down(9) approximately(10) furyNewsTask 1CBTask 2CDBUnit testPartⅠAABDCPartⅡBDCCAPartⅢBCADCPartⅣ(1) hand-written(2) long-distance(3) answering(4) screen(5) option(6) transformed(7) mailing(8) instantly(9) in a matter of(10) god-send。
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Unit 1, R10: Relationships, two female students chatting in a cafePart 1A: Mary B: CindyA: What are your plans for the weekend?B: I am off to my maternal grandparents. They are holding a family reunion.A: Sounds fun! Do you have a big family?B: I sure do.A: Tell me about your relatives.B: Well, my immediate family is made up of my parents, my big sister and me.A: Your sister has two children, doesn’t she?B: Yes, my niece Jessica–she is a beautiful little toddler–and my nephew Kevin.A: How about your extended family?B: Well, on my mother’s side, I have twenty family members.A: Twenty?B: Yes: my grandparents, four uncles, three aunts, and eleven cousins.A: Wow, that’s impressive. Is your father’s family that big too?B: No, he was an o nly child. So it’s just him, my grandparents and, very happily, his paternal grandfather –my great-grandpa, who will turn 100 next June!A: 100! That’s amazing!Unit 1, R10: Relationships, two female students chatting in the classroomPart 2A: Cindy B: RachelA: How are you enjoying your American Culture and Society course?B: I like it. The United States is certainly an intriguing country. At the moment, we are looking at the American family.A: What can you tell me about it? I’d be interested in hearing about what you’re learning. B: Well, many American families are known as two-career families. That’s a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home.A: With both parents working, family income must increase considerably.B: It certainly does. And it also means more husbands do their share of household chores and childcare... Hmm, another type of family is the stepfamily.A: What’s that?B: This type of family is a result of the higher divorce and remarriage rates in America. It can in fact be quite large because of stepchildren and stepparents.A: I am not really sure what you mean.B: Well, for instance, if a child’s mother remarries, then her second husband becomes her child’s stepfather. If the stepfather has, say, a daughter, then she becomes the child’s stepsister.A: Got it. So that’s why they are called stepfamilies.B: Exactly.Unit 2: Two friends who haven’t seen each other in a long timePart 1A: Dan B: CindyA: Dan, it’s been ages. It’s absolutely wonder ful to see you.(Cindy and Dan hug)B: Cindy, so nice to see you too. You look great! How have you been?A: I’ve been very well, thank you. I’ve just returned from a year of work and travel.B: Really, where did you go?A: I took a year off from my studies: I spent 9 months doing some volunteer work with an NGO in Zambia, and then I traveled around Europe for 3 months.B: That sounds so exciting!A: It was. How about you? What have you been up to for the last few years?B: I also went abroad. I completed my final two years of high school in Canada and traveled through America and Mexico during the summer holidays. Now I am preparing for my studies in the UK.A: Cool! What will you study?B: Hotel & Tourism Management.A: Sounds like the ideal choice for someone who enjoys travel!Unit 2: Two friends talking about their life dreamsPart 2A: Dan B: JaneA: Jane, do you get nervous thinking about the future?B: Yes, I do.A: Me too.B: What worries you the most?A: Family stuff. I’m worried that I might not find a good job and, because of this, struggle to support my loved ones. If I get married and have a child, I want to be able to provide my family with the best life possible.B: Dan, don’t forget that your future wife will have a job too! S he will also provide for your family. It’s silly to put all the pressure on yourself: a married couple should work as a team. A: Yeah, maybe you’re right ... What do you worry about?B: Having a sense of purpose in life. We spend so much of our adult lives working that I want my job to be meaningful. I want to live to work, not work to live! I dream of being able to have a positive impact on the world around us.A: Well, you have a positive impact on me, so you’re off to a good start!Unit 3: Giving advicePart 1A: Cindy B: MarkA: Mark, are you ok? You look terrible.B: That’s because I feel terrible. I just had a huge fight with my parents.A: I am so sorry to hear that. What was the argument about?B: My future. My parents want me to go on an exchange program to America, but I want to study in London.A: Why did they want you to study in America?B: Because I have an uncle there who can keep an eye on me.A: You’ve got to somehow make your parents understand that choosing the right exchange program is more important than studying close to extended family.B: I try, but they don’t listen.A: Then perhaps what you need to do is write them a letter.B: A letter?A: Yes, I would advise you to list the pros and cons of studying in London. Ask them to make an effort to do the same about studying in America. Then you can all think calmly about your options, without shouting at each other.B: Ok, I’ll give it a go.Unit 3: Asking for advice about dieting, two femalesPart 2A: Jane B: CindyA: Cindy, can I ask you for some advice?B: Sure, about what?A: About dieting. You’re so healthy and you have such a great figure – I want to know your secret.B: I’d be more than happy to share my secret with you – instead of eating three big meals a day with snacks in between, I have six small meals that are very nutritious, spaced 2 or 3 hours apart.A: Six small meals… Hmm … I could do that.B: Sure you can! The key is to make sure each meal contains fruit or vegetables, lean protein, healthy fats –like fish or tofu – and good carbohydrates.A: That doesn’t sound too hard. But what are good carbohydrates?B: Things like nuts, seeds and beans.A: How long will it take before I start to feel and look better?B: After a week, your energy level will be mu ch higher. After a month or two, you’ll feel and look fantastic!Unit 4, R22: A couple talking about their wedding listsPart 1A: Dr. Zhang B: LisaA: Lisa, I’ve twenty people on my list. What about you?B: Um, let’s see. I’ve got my broth er and his wife.A: Right.B: And her parents and relatives.A: You’re inviting your sister-in-law’s relatives too?B: This is a family event. We can’t leave anyone out… And then there’s my mother’s two brothers and their families. And my aunt, who lives in Brazil.A: She’ll come all the way here for the wedding?B: She wouldn’t miss it for the world. And then my father will want to invite all of his close friends from work.A: Wait a second. Your father’s friends from work are coming? How many is that?B: Eighty people.A: Eighty people! But I thought we were just inviting family and close friends.B: Believe me, my father’s business associates are like family. I’ve just never met most of them!Unit 4, R22: Meeting a cousin for the first timePart 2A: Tina B: DanA: Cousin Dan, thank goodness for family weddings: I can’t tell you how special it is to finally get to meet you!B: I’m thrilled too, Tina.A: You look just like Uncle DavidB: Really? He is bald!A: Ha ha -that’s not what I mean: you have a great head of hair! It’s that your facial features are almost identical. And you have matching smiles.B: Wow, thanks, that’s a really nice compliment: Uncle David has such an engaging smile –it lights up the room!A: How about me? Do I remind you of anyone in the family?B: Well, hmm, you have a very unique look, but your eyes are just like Auntie Christina’s: radiant and full of warmth!A: Well thank you. Oh look … there she is, chatting with Grandma and Grandpa. Let’s go over and say Hi!B: Good idea. They will be so delighted to see that we have finally met!Unit 5: Decisions, R26Part 1A: Jack B: EricA: Has Martin decided what degree he would like to study?B: Not yet. At the moment he has many options, but I’m not sure which one he will go for. A: He needs to think about what he’s good at and what he’s interested in.B: Well, I know he’s good with numbers but he’d like to take up Spanish as well.A: I suppose he could do his major in one field and his minor in Spanish.B: Yeah, something like that.A: Why doesn’t he do a degree in Business Studies?B: I don’t know. His whole family does business, but for some reason he’s not really into business.A: Has he thought about a degree in Finance or Economics?B: Yes, he seems interested in both.A: What he needs to do is compare the course modules.B: Yeah, I suppose if he compares them, he’ll find out which one suits him best.Unit 5Part 2A: Jack B: MaryA: Congratulations! I heard that you are about to graduate from university.B: Yes, it’s almost over! I’m so relieved!A: So what are you doing now?B: I’ve been looking for jobs.A: Have you found any yet?B: There are lots of jobs out there, but the problem is choosing a suitable one.A: What are you interested in doing?B: I’m not sure, but I would like to use my language skills and travel experience.A: Perhaps you could apply for a job as an editor or writer for a travel magazine?B: Don’t you need a lot of experience?A: Not necessarily. As long as you have the right skills and you show that you are passionate about the job, anybody might employ you.B: Are you sure?A: Yeah, just apply, and see what results you get.B: Okay, I’ll give it a try!Unit 6: job interview, talking about past work experiencePart 1A: Bob B: TimA: Have you worked as a salesperson before?B: Certainly, as my resume shows, I was a salesperson for a local pharmaceutical company for two years.A: Were you successful in your position?B: Very much so! I was the company’s top salesperson both years.A: Impressive! What would you say made you so successful?B: Customers trust me. That’s important because if customers don’t believe in you, they won’t believe in your product.A: I agree. Can you give me two other qualities that made you the top salesperson in your company?B: I can indeed. On the one hand, I am outgoing and make a great first impression. This is key to hooking the buyer. On the other hand, I am determined and never get sidetracked: I’m always focused on accomplishing the task at hand. Without determination, I would say that it’s next to impossible to seal a deal.A: You’ve hit the nail on the head! You’re hired!unit 6: husband talking with his with his wife about her job interviewPart 2A: Dr. Zhang B: Lisa(Wife arrives home)A: Honey, I’m so glad you’re home. I’ve been dying to hear about your interview. How did it go? Did you ace it?B: I am not sure that I aced it, but it went pretty well, I think.A: Please tell me about it.B: Well, I felt very relaxed throughout the process and believe that I answered all of the questions appropriately… Darling, I am so happy that we’d looked at sample questions together because some of them came up: it gave me added confidence to know that I had prepared well for them.A: And how about the interviewer – did she give any indication of how the interview went? B: She was very professional from start to finish so it was hard to read her thoughts, but judging from her body language, I think she was pleased with what I said.A: What do you mean?B: She smiled a lot and maintained good eye contact with me. Plus, at the end of the interview, she gave me a very warm handshake. Warmer than when we greeted.A: That’s a good sign! When will you get an answer?B: Tomorrow morning. I don’t think I’ll get much sleep tonight!Unit 7: two guys talking about their girlfriendsPart 1A: Dan B: MarkA: Mark, we should organize a double date sometime. I’d really like to meet your new girlfriend.B: That would be cool! It would also give me the chance to meet Janet. How are things going with her anyway?A: Really well. She is so much fun to be around: she has a dry sense of humor that’s absolutely hilarious.B: Annie is witty and makes me laugh a lot too! But the thing I like best is that she is such a good conversationalist. We can talk for hours about the most fascinating topics!A: Wow, she sounds perfect! Does she have any faults?B: None come to mind. You know, Dan, I think I’m in love! Do you have that feeling with Janet?A: It’s too early to tell: we’ve only been seeing each other for about a month. I thought you and Annie only started dating about a month ago also?B: Yeah, we did. I guess you could say it was love at first sight!Unit 7: two girls talking about their boyfriendsPart 2A: Jane B: CindyA: Hi, Cindy, how’s it going with Ken?B: I don’t know… one moment he’s really friendly and everything is wonderful, and the next moment he’s really cold and distant with me.A: Oh no, that sounds really confusing.B: It is. I never know where I stand with him. Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it. Anyway, how are you and Mike doing?A: Really well! He was so kind to me last week when I was not feeling well. He brought me flowers and made me supper three nights in a row! But… I feel really bad that things aren’t going so well for you.B: Don’t worry about me. I think that perhaps Ken and I aren’t suited for each other. Hearing about how nice things can be, for example between you and Mike, makes me think that maybe I should end things with Ken.A: Really?B: Yeah.A: Well, don’t rush into anything. Although… if you do end things with Ken, Mike has this really nice friend called Clyde, whom I think you’d get along with!Unit 8: Technology, R42Part 1A: Eric B: JackA: So how are you, Jack? You look really tired.B: Well, I’ve been staying up really late these past few days.A: Why stay up? What are you busy doing?B: Oh, just playing computer games.A: Computer games can be really addicitve, you know.B: Yeah, tell me about it. I’m really hooked.A: I used to play computer games, but then I got so obsessed that I couldn’t concentrate on my studies.B: Well, I just play for the fun of it. It gets my mind off things.A: Computer games might be good for letting out stress, but they are harmful.B: Harmful? How so?A: They distract you from studies, make you stay up late, make you forget to eat, and are bad for your eyes.B: That sounds exaggerated.A: I’m not exaggerating. That’s why I gave them up years ago.B: So what do you do instead?A: Now, I just read a book, watch some films, or listen to some music as a way of relaxing. B: Hmm. I suppose those might be better leisure activities.Unit 8Part 2A: Dr. Wang B: CindyA: Have you checked your email, Cindy?B: I am afraid I haven’t, Dr. Wang. Did you send me an email?A: Yes, two days ago.B: I’m so sorry, but I’ve been having a lot of problems with my computer lately.A: What kind of problems?B: I keep on getting junk mail.A: Then why don’t you just delete them?B: It’s not that simple. They seem to be clogging up my mail box, so now I can’t tell the difference between spam mail and ordinary mail.A: Then I suggest opening a new email account.B: That’s a good idea. I will do so after I have reinstalled my computer.A: What’s wron g with your computer?B: I think there’s a virus on it. Ever since I downloaded an application, it’s stopped me from updating other programs.A: Have you tried a virus scanner?B: Yes, I have. But because it can’t update properly, it doesn’t seem to detect the virus.A: Oh, well. It’s indeed best that you reinstall your computer.Unit 9, R46: The teacherPart 1A: Jane B: CindyA: What do you think of the philosophy teacher, Dr. Wang?B: It’s still early days in the course, but I think she is out standing. Her undergraduate degree is from Peking University. She did her postgraduate research at Princeton.A: I am also impressed with her. What strikes me is how well-read she is. Just as importantly, she is a good communicator.B: I agree. I find sh e genuinely knows how to engage the students. That’s perhaps her greatest strength.A: Hmm, I would actually say her greatest strength is getting students to think critically. B: Really?A: Yes, I mean, it is very important for philosophy students to be objective, speak and write logically, and draw logical conclusions. She seems very skilled at getting students to do this. B: Yeah, you are right.A: I also like the way she encourages group discussion through debate. It’s an ideal way to tackle issues from different angles.B: You said it! I guess we’re very fortunate to be her students!unit 9, R46: The odd landlordPart 2A: Jack B: EricA: Is it just me, Eric, or does the landlord seem a bit weird?B: Funny you should ask that: because of his long, orange hair and all of his tattoos, he used to give me the creeps.A: Used to?B: Yes, now that I have spoken to him a number of times, I realize that he is a very nice guy. He is simply a bit eccentric.A: Eccentric?B: Yeah, his style is not exactly conventional, and his daily routine is not what I would call typical.A: I know! He seems to sleep all day and stay awake all night! His light is always on no matter what time I come home. I wonder what he does for a living?A: I know what he does –we’ve had good discussions about it.B: Wait, let me guess: is he a musician?A: Nope, he is an author and free-lance journalist. He told me he gets his best writing done at night, when no one can disturb him. I’ve read some of his work in the Weekend Gazette–it’s extremely witty! You can talk to him about it yourself: I’ve invited him for supper tomorrow!Unit 10: Survival, R50Part 1A: Eric B: JackA: Have you ever suffered from a natural disaster?B: Yes, I once experienced an earthquake.A: When did it happen?B: It happened two years ago when I was visiting Sichuan.A: That must have been terrible.B: It was. At the time I was sleeping, until I got woken up by screams.A: What did you see?B: As soon as I heard the screams, I saw the furniture trembling and things falling down around me.A: What did you do?B: I hid under my bed, hoping that it would all be over soon, but it just got worse.A: What happened?B: The whole building collapsed within seconds.A: How did you escape?B: I couldn’t escape. I was trapped in the rubble, unable to move my arms or legs.A: What happened then?B: I was in complete darkness for hours and hours, until a rescue team came and saved me.I’m lucky to be alive.Unit 10Part 2A: Cindy B: JaneA: Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?B: I once experienced a tsunami when I was in Thailand.A: How did it happen?B: I was sunbathing on the beach, when suddenly I felt the ground moving underneath me. A: What did you see?B: I then saw a huge tidal wave heading towards the coast. Everyone panicked and ran for their lives.A: What did you do?B: I ran towards the shops but the wave was already behind me, swallowing up people, cars, boats and buildings.A: Did you manage to escape?B: I felt something very hard and heavy knock me down, and then I felt myself drowning in water. When I woke up, I was lying on a hospital bed.A: Did you get any injuries?B: I got a broken arm, and my face and legs were bruised. I have never experienced anything more terrifying in my whole life.Unit 11: The new working conditionsPart 1A: Lisa B: TimA: I love working here: the new policies the bosses have implemented are absolutely amazing!B: I couldn’t agree more: the changes are great. They give all employees the opportunity to create the work-life balance they want.A: You said it! I’ve started coming to work at 6:00 am and I usually leave between 2:30 and 3:30 pm. That gives me plenty of time to either work out at the gym or go for a jog before supper. My energy level is so much better than it used to be.B: Yeah, mine too. I’ve started swimming again and I am eating healthier foods because I have more time to focus on my diet. I must say that I’ m also a big fan of the company’s new free lunches. They’re scrump tious!A: I wouldn’t go that far, but I’m certainly glad they’re free! You know, Tim, all in all, I think it’s fair to say that the bosses have created a fun, unique and inspiring workspace that we employees are glad to be a part of – I used to have trouble motivating myself to get out of bed for work. Now, I hope I can be part of the team here for many years to come!Unit 11, R58: The new officematePart 2A: Bob B: TimA: What are your thoughts on Bill, the new sales rep?B: Uh… Well, to tell you the truth, my first impression isn’t very good.A: That’s funny. He seems like a nice guy to me!B: Come on. He is very loud: when he speaks I can barely hear myself think! And he talks non-stop!A: So he likes to talk, big deal! He actually strikes me as a good speaker. You know, sales reps need to have the gift of the gab.B: Well, I haven’t seen much evidence of any gift. With me, his favorite topic of conversation seems to be himself. He’s always tooting his own horn. It’s driving me crazy. A: Mayb e it’s just a sign of self-confidence. It’s hard to be a successful salesperson if you have low self-esteem. Your problem is that you are an accountant: you don’t know what it takes to seal a deal.B: My problem? He’s the one with the problem! Why are you defending this guy anyway? He’s an egotistical, self-centered fool.A: He’s my brother.Unit 12: lifestyle talk with doctorPart 1A: Lisa B: Doctor ZhangA: I don’t feel quite right these days. I am not sleeping well at all and feel tired all the time. B: It sounds to me as if you are stressed, and the best cure for stress is often to make a few simple lifestyle changes.A: I think you might be right. The reason why I can’t sleep at night is because my mind is always preoccupied with work issues.B: Hmm, that’s what I thought… Do you have any hobbies?A: No. I don’t have time.B: Well, that’s a problem. The first change I would suggest to create is a balanced lifestyle between your work and your free time. It’s important to be able to step away fr om your job to clear your mind.A: That makes sense: it would help me feel refreshed.B: Exactly. Perhaps you also need to spend more time having fun with friends: laughter boosts your immune system and relaxes your body.A: Really? That’s good to know.B: Finally, you should get outside more to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. Go for a walk in the park, or a hike on weekends. This will do wonders for your health!A: Thanks, I will do my best to make these changes.Unit 12: lifestyle talk between two friendsPart 2A: Dan B: MarkA: Did I just hear you sniffle?B: Yes, I have a cold. AGAIN! I just don’t get it: I take loads of medication and daily vitamins.A: I rarely get a cold and I take none of that stuff. For me, the best medicine is exercise and a healthy lifestyle.B: But my lifestyle is healthy!A: Are you kidding me? Your lifestyle is full of bad habits because you focus too hard on your studies. For one thing, you don’t sleep enough.B: But I sleep 4 to 5 hours a night: that’s enough rest fo r me!A: No it isn’t. People need 6 to 8 hours every night to replenish their bodies and rebuild cells. People who sleep well generally eat better too.B: Are you saying that I don’t have a healthy diet?A: You eat far too much junk food or foods that are high in sodium and fat. You’ve got to avoid these and increase your intake of fruits and vegetables. You need a well-balanced diet. B: Anything else?A: Yes –find time to hang out with friends and enjoy some leisure activities together. Remind yourself, “All work and no play make Jack a dull –and unhealthy- boy.”。
Unit 1Part AExercise 1: 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. dExercise 2:Jack SmithRm 1008, Peace Hotel9 tomorrow morningWest Lake Hotel, HangzhouPart BConversation 1Exercise 1: 1. a 2. c 4. bExercise 2:1.five rooms in total; rooms for Friday night, 15th of the month; the bestrooms in the hotel2.They damaged the hotel’s property. They talked rudely in the coffeeshop. They did not pay the account when they left the hotel. Conversation 2Exercise 1: 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. aExercise 2:1.He is the woman’s favorite hairdresser. He has an appointment withanother customer. He is a popular hairdresser at the Unisex Hairdresser’s.2.Tom is just as good as Marcel. Tom can quickly figure out the best stylefor a particular customer. Tom has never done the woman’s hair before. Part DMaking ReservationsExercise 1:Exercise 2:Booking Seats Exercise 1:Exercise 2:Unit 2 Part AExercise 1:1.Passage 1: a Passage 2: bPart BA ConversationExercise 1:1. c2. d.3. b.Exercise 2:A StoryExercise 1: 2. b 3. a 4. cExercise 2:1.12-year-old bitch from a farmer’s family2.two puppies just two months ago3.for 12 tiger cubs since 5 years ago4.strong but she is smaller than the cubs5.enough milk for her own babies and the baby tigers6.her own children and takes good care of themPart DA Passage: 1. bA Story: 33 231 cat years dustbin East London March 17,1971 tiny closed front teeth sleeping eating cat food place World Records 27-year-old AustraliaUnit 3Part AExercise 1:1.To throw a surprise party for his 40th birthday.2.Pulling on the birthday person’s ear 21 times.3.To invite three very good friends out to dinner.Part BConversation 1Exercise 1:1. d2. c3. dExercise 2:Conversation 2Exercise 1: 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. cExercise 2:1.She is on the wrong side of 30/over 30.2.Yes. It’s pretty good.3.25.4.Between 25 and 30. Because by then you know what want with life and how to getit.5.They tend to be worried about consequences of what they do.6.She had a good time but she wouldn’t necessarily want to relive it.7.No. She’s happy at her age now.Part DA Passage: 1. a 2. d 3. cA Story: 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. aUnit 4Part AExercise 1: 1. d 2. c 3. a 5. dExercise 2: 1) weekly 2) fixed 3) fair 4) teenager 5) discs6) an excellent way to teach their children the value of money.7) they learn to budget their expenses.8) they will have no money to spend by the end of the week.Part BConversation 1Exercise 1:1. c2. b3. cExercise 2:Conversation 2Exercise 1: 2. c 3. d 4. bExercise 2:1.a ll her allowance for this month2.go out and eat3.send her a fixed sum of money regularly4.work more study5.never made a monthly budgetPart DA Conversation:A Discussion:Unit 5Part AExercise 1: 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. dExercise 2:1)playing a sport they like an essential part of their life2)keep fit3)live a more active life4)have a sense of personal achievement5)meet people with similar interestsPart BA PassageExercise 1: 1. c 2. d 4. aExercise 2:1. (√)2. (√)3. (√) 5. (√)A conversationExercise 1: 2. d 3. b 4. aExercise 2:4. (√) 6. (√) 7. (√) 10. (√)Part DA ConversationUnit 6 Part AExercise 1:Part BA PassageExercise 1:1. b2. b3. dExercise 2:1) shorttime 2) several hours 3) to and from 4) fuel efficient 5) taking off6) wear and tear 7) staying on the track 8) very fast 9) 150 10) save wear and tear A ConversationExercise 1: 2. a 3. a 4. d Exercise 2:1. if he parked his car by a double yellow line2. have gone home half past five3. had to get back before six4. had been following Ben ’s car5. speeding6. 60 miles an hour in order to stop BenPart DA StoryUnit 7Part AExercise 1: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. bExercise 2:1) nowadays 2) perfect 3) dying 4) higher 5) Medical 6) painful 7)cure 8) apart from basic health care, people in the old days didn’t have so many choices about their lifestyles.9) People worked long hours and therefore didn’t have much free time to follow hobbies or develop interests.10) It used to take weeks for mail and news to travel from one part of the world to another.Part BPassage 1Exercise 1: 1. c 2. d 4. bExercise 2:1.a. a bit of mess/ clutteredb. cushionsc. covered with some ornamentd. bright colors soft colorse. all shut drawn there is almost no natural lightf. doesn’t have enough furniture shelves cupboards will make theroom less clutteredg. indoor plants and cut flowers vases, bottles and bowls2.a. practical concerned with aestheticsb. imaginationc. warm-hearted sociablePassage 2Exercise 1: 2. b 3. a 4. aExercise 2:1.a. personal objects family photosb. valuable things oriental rugs ornaments from the Middle Eastc. decoration very cleand. function2.a. travelingb. to socializec. working lunch with his partner discusses a business deal over dinnerd. entertains/spends time at homee. single commit himself in personal relationshipPart DPassage 1: 1. b 2. c 3. dPassage 2: 1. c 2. d 3. bUnit 8Part AExercise 1: 1. c 2. b 3. aPart BA ConversationExercise 1: 1. b 2. a 4. bExercise 2:1. (√) 3. (√) 4. (√) 6. (√) 7. (√) 10. (√)A PassageExercise 1: 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. aExercise 2:1.wear trousers or even dark tights2.knee-length skirts minis3.tailored trousers no jeans4.dress casually on Friday5.Smoking, eating drinking6.go outside to smokePart DConversation 11.A publishing company2.They are discussing the company plans for the next year.3.a. Begin two new magazines;b. Improve productivity by 20%c. Upgrade toolsd. Begin Internet publishingConversation 21) make some plans 2) opportunities to improve their skills 3) take part in decision-making 4) fulfill their dreams 5) wouldn’t even have a business 6) too focused on production 7) to find a better balance between company needs and staff needs.Unit 9Part AExercise 1: 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. dExercise 2: 1.An actress 2. A cook 3. A gardener 4. A nurse 5. A baker Part BA ConversationExercise 1:1.How do you do?2.yes, I am.3.No. I’ve been working as a sales representative for GM for two years.4.No. My parents speak Spanish. They are Mexican-Americans.5.No. I took a course in Portuguese at college.6.We’ll let you know our decision as soon as possible.Exercise 2:A PassageExercise 1: 2. a 3. a 4. cExercise 2:1)a liberal arts college graduate2)majored in English at college3)college basement4)writing, editing and computerworking with his fellow graduates8.editorial assistant at a publishing companyPart DConversation: 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. bCompound Dictation1) real 2) confusing 3) possible 4) uncomfortable 5) Eventually 6) preparation 7) appear8) to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior9) you will be able to see what is his approach to everyday situations10) By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to identify and pick up good working habits.Unit 10Part AExercise 1:Exercise 2:1. A crime is an act that breaks the law.2.Those who commit crimes are a danger to the society.3.We must learn to protect ourselves against crime.4.If we happen to see someone committing a crime we should dial 110 to call thepolice.5.When we go shopping in a crowded place we should take care of our personalbelongings.Part BA ConversationExercise 1:1. b 3. d 4. cExercise 2:1) a criminal case 2) three months ago 3) a man and a woman 4) arrested by the police 5) taken to court 6) standing in the witness-box 7) answering the lawyer’s questions8) she saw a man go into and come out of the bank9)who was with the man10) wearing a hat 11) crying a bag 12) wearing a blonde wig 13) black platform shoes 14) the exact persons 15) the things 16)on the tableA PassageExercise 1: 2. d 3. b 4. cExercise 2:1) a policeman on the other side of the street 2)had been robbed 3) had left his bag on the floor 4) buying a can of coke 5) had disappeared 6) that were in the bag 7) the more things he said, the more money he would get,8) a video camera, jewellery, money and clothes9)a man he had seen following him10) to the police station 11) to collect a report for his insurance companyPart DA story: 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. dA story:1. T 3. F 7. TUnit 11Part AExercise 1:1. She hates that kind of book.No. Because she said she didn’t have time for such books.2. The Old Man and the SeaHe likes Hemingway’s style of writing.3. “Story Time”He thought it was terrible. Because he thought the stories were silly and too childish.4. The Chinese Style Divorce.She prefers watching TV to reading books.Exercise 2:1. cycling2. buses or trains3. prefers4. she has been interested in5. enjoys6. doesn’t care for keen on 8. favorite 10. talk shows 11. soap operas 12. the last kind ofPart BA StoryExercise 1:1. d 3. b 4. a 5. aExercise 2:1. (×)2.(√)3. (×)4. (×)5. (×)6. (√)7. (√)8. (×)A StoryExercise 1: 2. c 3. c 4. bExercise 2:1.The foga.thickest in yearsb.thick, pea soup, evening fellc.your hand, your faced.Street signs2.The traffica.crept alongb.blowing furiouslyc.came to a standstill in the eveningd.impossible, find3.The citya. quiet , graveyardPart DA story:1. a. shot down, enemy occupied territoryb. crash-landedc. consciousnessd. saved, a group of nuns2. a. talk with either the nuns, the nurses in his small room3. a. very quiet and shyb. turned away, glanced her way4. a. he had fallen in love with herb. made him step back in astonishmentA story:1. d2. c 4. bUnit 12 Part AExercise 1:Exercise 2:1.Germany, 1879, Nobel Prize in physics, theory of relativity, American, 1955,recognized, physicists.poser, 1756, died, 35, 41, 27, 23, 17, operas, voice3.English, poet, greatest, 1564, 1616, works ,poetry, comedies, knowledge, humanbehaviorPart BPassage 1Exercise 1:1.He paid his hospital bill, and later paid for his funeral2.She lost five children in a fire.3.Her face was cut in a knife attack4.Families of policemen or firemen injured at work.5.“The harder I work, the more money I make, and the more people I canhelp.”Exercise 2:1. (√)2.(×)3. (√)4. (√)5. (√)6. (√)7. (×)8. (√) Passage 2Exercise 1: 2. c 3. a 4. bExercise 2:1.New York City, 19522.cheer his son on, hockey, last3.a heart failure, taken, a nearby hospital4.to bring him around, in vain5.was appearing in a play in California6.first American center, teaching paralyzed people to live moreindependentlyPart DA Passage:Exercise :A Compound Dictation:1) earliest 2)1892 3)favorite 4) outstanding 5) skillful 6) aware7) equals8) An editor in New York liked her ideas very much and was especially impressed with her style of writing9)Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers.10) Although she did not see full equal rights for women she never gave up her fightUnit 13Part AExercise 1:Conversation 1To go to a rock concert with him on SaturdayShe says she doesn’t have time for that sort of thing. Conversation2.She likes all kinds of musicClassical musicConversation3.Light musicNo, she thinks it’s too noisy and it gives her headaches.Exercise 2:1.Music is a universal language.2.Music can express love, longing, happiness and anger.3.Sometimes music may communicate more clearly than words.4.Music is the art of thinking with sounds.5.When I’m in a good mood, I prefer the music with a fast rhythm. But if I feellow, I can only listen to something soft and quiet.Part BPassage 1Exercise 1:1.a 3. b 4. bExercise 2:1.musical traditions, jazz, blues, early 20th2.white, black3.early European settlers, African slaves4. a clear melody, a strong rhythm5.electric guitarPassage 2Exercise 1 :1.c 3. a 4. bExercise 2:. full of energyb. concentratec. forget their problemd. fune. live, freedom and imagination2. a. damage people’s hearingb. stop people noticing the world outsidec. make people selfishd. drugsPart DPassage1 :Exercise :Passage2 :Exercise :1.62.Academy of Music3.National Orchestra4.three other musicians at weddings5.romantic musicUnit 14Part AExercise 1:Passage 1Q. bPassage 2Q. aPart BPassage 1Exercise 1:1.a2.d3.a4.d5.bExercise 2:1. (√) 3. (√) 4. (√) 5. (√) 6. (√) 7. (×) 8. (√) 9. (√) 10. (√) 11. (√) 12. (√)Passage 2Exercise 1: 2. a 3. d 4. cExercise 2:1.a. the top British universitiesb. largest universitiesc. one of the best centers of learningd. the cheapest and most far-reaching2.a. social scientists, arts, science, mathematicsb. clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, and policemen3.a. part-timeb. full-time employmentc. their employersd. work. Familye. their careers, make up for, personal interest, sharpen their minds. Part DPassage1 :Exercise :1.Those students who have just finished A-levels and got a place at university.2.There are lots of things to choose from, say, working in a bank or doingcommunity work; even doing something adventurous.3.The experience will broaden their horizons and teach them new skills.And also it may give them the chance to earn some money for school.4.They must make sure that university will hold a place for them tillnext year.5.Most universities are quite happy about it because year-out studentsare more mature, confident and independent.Passage2 :Exercise :1.8:30 in the morning, 3:30 in the afternoon, September, coed, the sameclassroom2.school uniforms, whatever they like3.they have a very long summer vacation.4.the classrooms are crowded and there aren’t enough teachers.Unit 15Part AExercise 1:Exercise 2:1) 26th, 2003 2)hit 3) 630 4)30,000 5) history 6) severe 7)8)19909)35,00010) 1,800 11) construction 12) survivedPart BA ForumExercise 1:1. a 3. d 4. bExercise 2:1.a. dictating some letters to his secretaryb. the roof, rescued by a helicopterc. six survivors, the building collapsed2.a. taking a rest, on a small island, South Pacificb. towards the harbor, managed to get on a ship, when the lava hit thetown3.a. working in the field, his houseb. on fire, coming down fast, crashed into the trees, explosionc. towards his house, came to, lying in a hospital bed.A News StoryExercise 1:1. c2. b3. cExercise 2:1) eating breakfast 2)strange color 3) crystal blue 4)brownish 5) ankle-deep 6) the bottom floor of the hotel 7) deeper and darker8)a group had already gathered9)turn into a smelly river10) being washed into the sea 11) blood everywhere 12) receded once 13) slowly rose again 14) the hotel and streets 15) another wave could come and sweep them awayPart BA PassageExercise1 :1.b2. b3. c4. dExercise2 :1) fire 2)batteries 3) awoke 4)blown 5) ankle-deep second-degree6) picking 7) exploded8) in the hopes it won’t happen to someone else9) Burns to the face, neck, leg and hip are among the dozens of injury reports10) providing tips for cell phone users to avoid such accidents and has stepped up work to supervise the wireless industry.Unit 16Part AExercise 1:1.b2. d3. b 5. cExercise2 :1) 2 2) 16-30 3) 22million 4)58 5) 246) 63% 7) 30 8) 2 9) 6 10) 325,000Part BPassage1 :Exercise1 :1. bExercise2 :1.earliest recorded2.world’s first printed3.regularly-published4.regularly-published English5.weekly-published English6.American7.daily English8.daily-published, American colonies Passage2 :Exercise1 :Exercise2 :Part DA Conversation:ExerciseExercise :1.cTest 1Part A2. c3. a4. a5. a6. c7. b8. d9. c 10. cPart B1)business 2) named 3) located 4) championship 5) enthusiasm 6) November 7)April8) Baseball is an American sport. It is sometimes called the national pastime.9) American football is different from international football, which Americans call soccer.10) The most famous athletes make millions of dollars for their skill. American best athletes have higher salaries than the country’s president.Part C1. c2. d 4. a 5. dPart D1. c2. b3. d4. d5. b6. d7. d8. c 10. dTest 2Part A2. d3. d4. b5. d6. c7. d8. c9. a 10. bPart B1) exactly 2) originated 3) total 4) considered 5) suitable 6) serious 7) Mexico8) Musicians and engineers experimented to find ways to make louder guitars.9) This type of guitar became very popular for country music, blues and rock-and-roll.10) It’s inexpensive, fits well in many styles of music, and relatively easy to learn.Part C1. b2. b 4. d 5. bPart D1. d2. b3. b4. a5. b6. a7. d8. a 10. c。
Unit 1 Relationships1. When I was omega high school , I was really ___________. In college I found out that my_____________ is to be a science fiction writer ! After high school , my girl friend , Melissa , and I went to ___________. After a while , we just ___________.2. My ___________ year of college I lived in Europe ___________. I ended up going back toNew York for ___________.3. My dad owns ___________. He always wanted me to take over for him when heretired ,but flowers really aren’t ___________. Right now I’m working ___________ to a famous chef. Someday I hope to have my own television __________.4. As a teenager, I had ___________ and way of thinking. I was ___________, while myboyfriend, Brad, was very conservation. Everyone was really surprised when Brad andI decided to ___________. I guess they thought we’d eventually break up.Unit 2 Identity1. Ms. Kelsey is a librarian, but she’s ___________sports cars.2. Kris rides a motorcycle, but she’s also a nerd when ___________ history.3. Dave’s friends thought that ___________ in Hollywood would change him, bur Daveis still just a regular guy. Fame hasn’t changed him.4. Jonathan might be the best basketball player in the state, but he doesn’t have___________going pro. He just wants to play ___________.5. Terry is a jock ,but when ___________ the football field, he’s watching romantic movies.6. Everybody assumes Carrie is a serious person because she’s quiet. But sje’s reallygot ___________.7. Jordan is very ___________, but she keeps some things about her life private.8. Mark is very intelligent, but he’s not ___________.Unit 3 Advice1. My ___________ daughter has horrible tantrums. How do I get her to ___________?2. You need to ___________. Some people aren’t comfortable spanking their kids. If youdon’t want to punish her physically, try taking away ___________---maybe a toy.Whatever you do, pick one method and stick to it. Use the same method all the time.3. Whenever I start a new girl, my parents ___________. They always invite her over to talk.What should I do?4. Don’t blame ___________ being interested in your life. They care about you!5. One of music friends wants to fix me up with his neighbor. She thinks we would be___________. Should I agree to a date even though ___________?6. Blind dates are kind of scary. You don’t know that would expect. But I say:___________!7. My boyfriend doesn’t want me to ___________ my friends. What can I do about hisjealousy?8. Ooh…that’s ___________. If your boyfriend is possessive now, he’ll just get worse later.You should ___________.Unit 4 Family1. My family is a little unusual, some people might even say ___________.2. My mother is extreme when it comestible to neatness. She ___________ even a speck ofdust in the house .3. Mom is really ___________, when it comestible to household chores. Every day, we haveto do a couple of hours of chores to keep things neat.4. My father loves to barbecue. He’s definitely a fanatic. He ___________ his barbecuegrill.5. One time, I accidentally broke dad’s grill. He completely freaked out. He ___________a day to buy another one.6. My sister, Alicia, is a vegan. She not only avoids meat, but also any animal products,___________.7. Sometimes Alicia and dad argue because they have opposite interests. She’s asdevoted to her vegetarianism ___________ his barbecuing.8. Some of my other relatives are ___________. I’ve got an aunt who thinks she can seethe future and a cousin who does four hours of bodybuilding exercises every day!9. My family might be a little ___________ some people, but they don’t bother me much.After all, they’re the only family I’ve got.Unit 5 Decisions1. Pamela is pregnant ___________. She has to decide whether she wants to be a workingmom or stay-at-home mom.2. The Yamamotos are planning a vacation. They have to figure out which airline offers___________.3. Stan is unhappy at work, but jewelry makeshift a good salary. He’s going to__________ of getting a lower-paying job that he likes better.4. Kelsey ___________ toward going to Harvard because she has family near Boston,___________ she also really likes Yale.5. Ben just decided to ___________ his girlfriend, Laura. He’s going to have an airplanewrite “will you marry me?”in the sky.6. Mrs. Lai’s company wants to transfer her to another county. She’s going to have__________ with her husband about it tonight.7. Katherine isn’t sure __________ she wants to ___________ anthropology or linguistics.8. Jeremy and Priscilla didn’t realize until they got engaged ___________ to plan awedding.9. For Roland, the downside of buying a new car is that he has to __________ to makethe nest decision.Unit 6 LanguageWarm up:1. I think teachers who work in the United States and the UK should be __________ speakers of English.2. There are so many varieties of English that I can never be an __________ in all of them.3. English has a lot of __________ . How am I supposed to know that a ‘hot’ pair of jeans means the same thing as a ‘cool’ pair of jeans?4. I would be worried about __________ for applying for a job in the United States. What if they didn’t think my English was good enough?5. June: I don’t mind if my teacher has a different __________ than I’m used to, as long as I can understand what he or she is saying.6. I think it’s useful to have some knowledge of different __________ of English. That knowledge will __________ when I travel.7. The large number of slang words in English is __________ . There is a lot to _______.8. I think companies should__________non-native speakers of English if they are qualified to do the job.Unit 7 PersonalityWarm Up(Answers in bold.)1. The guy has to be __________ or I won’t __________ him.2. I don’t need to be __________ by the girl’s looks, but she should have a nice smile.3. I like to spend money, so I need someone with a good __________.4. It takes me a few mouths to __________ people. But then I start to feel comfortable with them.5. I can usually tell within the first few minutes of meeting someone whether or not wec __________.6. I want a guy who’s __________ .He should consider my feelings and opinions.7. I tend to __________ women who have a sense of humor.8. I’m not interested in making a __________ at this point in my life. I just want to have fun!9. I don’t want somebody who’s so busy with work that he can’t spend __________ with me.Unit 8 TechnologyWarm upModern Technology: Friend or Foe?Modern Technology has made our lives easier. But have we traded convenience for danger? Let’s take a look at the dark side of technology .Hidden Expenses: Better save up some cash. Program developers are constantly changing their software, and you may need to pay to get newest __________ . Getting ready to buy a new computer? You might find that the programs you already own are __________ with your new system .Security: The internet has made shopping easy. But it is possible to steal online credit information. That’s why insurance companies are offering __________ polices. You also have to worry about __________ that could damage your computer .Privacy: Many people couldn’t live without e-mail. But most people could live without _______. Your inbox can get so __________ with cyber junk mail that you spend all your time __________ it . And what about those “cute __________ ” people send? They might seem funny to some people, but they’re annoying to most.Mental health: computers are very entertaining, but have people become too attached? For some, the computer has become an __________ . Video games and online gambling are __________ activities that can make you a prisoner of your computer.Unit 9 Living SituationsWarm Up1.Now that Krista is in college, she doesn’t live at home. She lives in __________ withother students.2.Krista likes some of her new responsibilities, but she also thinks that college life hassome __________ .3.One problem is that the students have 10:00 p.m. __________ on weeknights.4.Another problem is that Krista’s roommate, Jasmine, has some __________ habits.For example, she leaves her books and clothes all over the floor.5.Jasmine also __________ when she sleeps, so Krista has trouble sleeping.6.The worst part of dorm life is there isn’t much privacy. Sometimes Krista’sneighbors just __________ without knocking on the door.7.Krista also had problem with her parents. When she first moved out, they called hereveryday. They were __________ about their daughter.8.At first, Krista was very __________ that her parents cared about her. But after awhile ,she wanted more freedom and more privacy.9.Now, Krista’s parents only call once or twice a month. They want to give her some__________ .Unit 10 Survival●Tsunami:Sometimes there is very little warning before a tsunami. People may have only a short time to __________ theirs homes .Sudawan and her family lost their home in the emergency __________ for many months.●Earthquake:In a quake you might feel a rolling motion or a __________. Juan Gutierrez’s apartment building __________ in the 1985 Mexio City earthquake. Luckily, he was able to dig himself out of the__________. The whole experience was __________, “he told reporters.●Avalanche:Mountain climbing can be very dangerous when there is an avalanche. Climbers can be __________ down the mountain. A few years ago, emergency teams risked their lives to __________ survivors of a big avalanche in the Colorado Rockies.Volcanic Eruption:The force of a volcanic eruption can__________ trees out of the ground. After the eruption, hot __________ cover the ground. The villagers on the Indonesian island of Java have learned to accept that volcanic eruption are a natural part of life .” There is nothing we can do to stop them,” a villager named Sukarno said.” When we learn to __________ the volcano, we learn to be at peace wit h nature.”。
新标准大学英语视听说教程3答案Unit 1 Outside view: Activity 1 Correct order: 3, 5, 4, 1, 2Unit 1 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key: b Question 2Key: cQuestion 3Key: cQuestion 4Key: aQuestion 5Key: aUnit 1 Outside view: Activity 3Row 1: 2Row 2: 1Row 3: 4Row 4: 1Row 5: 2Row 6: 1Row 7: 3Unit 1 Outside view: Activity 4Correct order: h, c, b, f, d, a, e, g Unit 1 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1Question 1 Key: c Question 2Key: dQuestion 3Key: aQuestion 4Key: bUnit 1 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Question 1Key(s): (1) tolerant (2) rounded Question2Key(s):(1) closeto(2) standupQuestion 3Key(s):(1) beauty(2)generosityQuestion 4Key(s):(1) anopportunity(2) beyondthe oneQuestion5Key(s):(1)behaved(2)selfishQuestion 6Key(s):(1)pretend(2) seethroughQuestion 7Key(s):(1)arrived in(2) had tohelpQuKe(1diti(2amUnit 1 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1 Percent score Correct order: d, b, e, a, c Unit 1 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Question 1 Key(s): (1) strengths(2) weaknesses (3) personality (4) like (5) subjects (6) organized (7) confident (8) outgoing (9) a team (10) workingaloneQuestion 2 Key(s):(1) future careers(2) into a particular area of work(3) chosen field(4) related industries(5) leadingQuestion 3 Key(s): (1) vocational(2) graduates (3) high-flyers (4) career(5) practical(6)transferable (7) recruitmentUnit 2 Outside view: Activity 1 Correct order: 4, 6, 2, 1, 5, 3 Unit 2 Outside view: Activity 2(1) where there is war(2) go to school(3) working in 157 countries/working in one hundred and fifty-seven countries(4) has never known peace(5) bringing medicine(6) get an education(7) 40,000 kids/forty thousand kids(8) girls were not allowed(9) 50 per cent/50 percent/fifty per cent/fifty percent(10) running the school for 12 years/running the school for twelve yearsUnit 2 Outside view: Activity 3Row 1: 5Row 2: 6Row 3: 3Row 4: 1Row 5: 2Row 6: 4Row 7: 1Unit 2 Outside view: Activity 4Question 1 Key: d Question 2Key: aQuestion 3Key: bQuestion 4Key: bQuestion 5Key: aUnit 2 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1Question 1Key(s): herhusband Question 2 Key(s): a church in thedistance Question 3 Key(s): herfavourite aunt/herfavouriteaunt anduncleQuestion 4Key(s): a farm Question 5Key(s): two/2Question 6 Key(s): about 14/about fourteenQuestion 7 Key(s):20years/twentyyearsUnit 2 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Question 1 Key: cQuestion 2 Key: b Question 3 Key: a Question 4 Key: c Question 5 Key: d Question 6 Key: aUnit 2 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Correct order: 3, 6, 1, 4, 2, 5Unit 2 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Row 1: 1Row 2: 2Row 3: 2Row 4: 1Row 5: 2Row 6: 1Row 7: 2Unit 2 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 3 Correct order: c, f, b, g, a, e, dUnit 3 Outside view: Activity 1Keys: 1, 5, 7, 9, 10Unit 3 Outside view: Activity 2(1) most famous painting(2) broke all the rules(3) looking directly at(4) a sense of movement(5) indicated a real place(6) what is she trying to say(7) covered up one side of her face(8) we're the subject(9) seemed happier(10) the mystery about her(11) line up between(12) tell a storyUnit 3 Outside view: Activity 3 Row 1: 2Row 2: 1Row 3: 1Row 4: 1Row 5: 2Row 6: 1Row 7: 1Row 8: 2Row 9: 1Row 10: 2Row 11: 1Row 12: 2Unit 3 Outside view: Activity 4Correct order: e, a, d, b, c, g, f, h Unit 3 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1 Correct order: f, c, b, e, h, g, a, d Unit 3 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2 Keys: 2, 4, 7Unit 3 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Question 1 Key: a Question 2Key: cQuestion 3Key: dQuestion 4Key: cQuestion 5Key: bUnit 4 Outside view: Activity 1Question 1 Key: bQuestion 2 Key: c Question 3 Key: b Question 4 Key: c Question 5 Key: d Question 6 Key: dUnit 4 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key(s): waxand feathers Question 2 Key(s): gotoff the ground Question 3 Key(s): thrust,lift and control Question 4Key(s): Thrust Question 5Key(s): the tail Question 6 Key(s):provide lift,controlandthrust, and be light enoughUnit 4 Outside view: Activity 3Correct order: 6, 3, 2, 5, 1, 10, 9, 7, 8, 4Unit 4 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1Correct order: a, b, f, e, c, dUnit 4 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Question 1 Key(s): 18 per cent/18percent/eighteen per cent/eighteen percent/18%Question 2 Key(s): over 40per cent/over 40 percent/over forty per cent/overforty percent Question 3 Key(s): afifth/onefifth/1/5/20 per cent/20 percent/twentyper cent/twentypercentQuestion 4 Key(s): over a million Question 5 Key(s):roughly 30 percent/ roughly30 per cent/roughly thirty percent/roughly thirty percentUnit 4 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Keys: 2, 7, 8Unit 4 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2 Correct order: d, e, c, f, a, bUnit 5 Outside view: Activity 1Correct order: e, d, b, c, a, i, f, g, h Unit 5 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key: b Question 2Key: cQuestion 3Key: cQuestion 4Key: dQuestion 5Key: aUnit 5 Outside view: Activity 3 Correct order: g, c, h, b, f, d, a, eUnit 5 Outside view: Activity 4Correct order: 2, 10, 13, 3, 7, 8, 1, 9, 11, 14, 5, 6, 12, 4 Unit 5 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1(1) effective groups(2) 30s(3) improves(4) factors(5) identity(6) performance(7) 60s(8) group(9) Forming(10) get to know(11) ideas and creative energy(12) identity(13) Performing(14) togetherUnit 5 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Correct order: c, a, e, g, f, d, h, bUnit 5 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Question 1 Key: cQuestion 2 Key: b Question 3 Key: c Question 4 Key: c Question 5 Key: aUnit 5 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Question 1 Key(s):250/two hundred and fifty Question 2Key(s):36/Thirty-sixQuestion 3 Key(s): two/2Question 4 Key(s): 30/ThirtyUnit 6 Outside view: Activity 1Keys: 1, 2, 5Unit 6 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key: b Question 2Key: cQuestion 3Key: aQuestion 4Key: bQuestion 5Key: dUnit 6 Outside view: Activity 3(1) I don't like cycling (2) do something good (3) sit on a couch (4) and with two legs (5) life on the road (6) throw the bike (7) It's been different (8) performing marvellouslyUnit 6 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1Question 1Key(s): New York Question 2Key(s): afternoon Question 3 Key(s):155/onehundred and fifty-five Question 4 Key(s): 30 to 45seconds/thirty toforty-five secondsQuestion 5Key(s): noneQuestion 6Key(s):57/fifty-seven QuestiKey(s)29/tweUnit 6 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Question 1 Key(s):there were fewinjuries Question 2Key(s): catchfireQuestion 3 Key(s): madea successful landingQuestion 4Key(s): taking in waterQuestion 5 Key(s): helped into the boatsQuestion 6 Key(s):were taken to hospitalsQuestion 7Key(s): as a heroQue Keywitany engUnit 6 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Question 1Key(s): zoo keeperQuestion 2Key(s): Al Gore Question 3Key(s): makingpeople take climate change seriouslyQuestion 4 Key(s):Greenpeace Question 5 Key(s):mum, part-time accountant Question 6Key(s): Melinda GatesQuestion 7 Key(s):co-founding the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationQuestio 8Key(s):Save th ChildreUnit 6 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Keys: 1, 5, 7Unit 7 Outside view: Activity 1Keys: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 24 Unit 7 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key: a Question 2Key: dQuestion 3Key: cQuestion 4Key: aQuestion 5Key: dUnit 7 Outside view: Activity 3(1) areas of life(2) in our homes(3) computer-controlled houses(4) adjust the temperature(5) give new instructions(6) react to match(7) TV and Internet(8) outside changes(9) stop too much sun from entering(10) turn the oven onUnit 7 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1 Keys: 1, 3, 4, 6Unit 7 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Question 1 Key(s): dunkingbiscuits Question 2 Key(s): heldtogether Question 3 Key(s): absorbliquidQuestion 4 Key(s): travel throughQuestion 5 Key(s): holdthe biscuitQuestion 6 Key(s):producing atableUnit 7 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Row 1: 1 Row 2: 1 Row 3: 2 Row 4: 1 Row 5: 2 Row 6: 1 Row 7: 2 Row 8: 1Unit 7 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Question 1 Key: bQuestion 2 Key: b Question 3 Key: d Question 4 Key: a Question 5 Key: c Question 6 Key: aUnit 8 Outside view: Activity 1Question 1 Key(s): lunarQuestion 2 Key(s): happinessQuestion 3 Key(s): (1) bamboo (2)blossoms Question 4 Key(s): (1) happiness (2)togetherness(3) strongQuestion 5 Key(s): longUnit 8 Outside view: Activity 4Question 1 Key: cQuestion 2 Key: c Question 3 Key: a Question 4 Key: c Question 5 Key: c Question 6 Key: dUnit 8 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1Keys: 2, 5, 6Unit 8 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Question 1Key(s): making a guyQuestion 2Key(s): burn him Question 3 Key(s):start of the 17th centuryQuestion 4 Key(s): beneathParliament Question 5 Key(s): hewas trying to light Question 6Key(s): whichthey didQuestion 7Key(s): no reasonQue KeystabuiUnit 8 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Row 1: 1Row 2: 2Row 3: 2Row 4: 3Row 5: 3Row 6: 1Row 7: 2Row 8: 1Unit 8 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2 Correct order: c, a, b, f, d, eUnit 9 Outside view: Activity 1Question 1 Key(s): ElizabethQuestion 2 Key(s): George Question 3 Key(s): GeorgeQuestion 4Key(s): VictoriaUnit 9 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key: bQuestion 2 Key: b Question 3 Key: d Question 4 Key: a Question 5 Key: b Question 6 Key: cUnit 9 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1Correct order: 5, 1, 4, 6, 3, 2Unit 9 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 2Row 1: 2Row 2: 1Row 3: 1,2,4Row 4: 3Row 5: 4Unit 9 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 3Question 1 Key(s): (1) attractive, powerful (2) attractive, powerful Question2Key(s):to thinkofQuestion3Key(s):much toolongQuestion4Key(s):meaningverysmallQuestion 5Key(s): thebest or thestrongestQuestion 6Key(s):mostromanticloversQuestion 7Key(s):soundluxuriousUnit 9 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 1Keys: 3, 4, 6Unit 9 Listening in: Passage 2 Activity 2Question 1 Key: cQuestion 2 Key: b Question 3 Key: c Question 4 Key: a Question 5 Key: dUnit 10 Outside view: Activity 1Keys: 1, 3, 4Unit 10 Outside view: Activity 2Question 1 Key: aQuestion 2 Key: a Question 3 Key: a Question 4 Key: a Question 5 Key: b Question 6 Key: bUnit 10 Listening in: Passage 1 Activity 1 Row 1: 4Row 2: 1,2,3Row 3: 5,6Row 4: 4Row 5: 3Row 6: 1Row 7: 5Row 8: 5。
Unit 7Task 1【答案】A.1) In a mental asylum.2) He was a member of a committee which went there to show concern for the pertinents there.3) They were cants behaving like humans.4) He was injured in a bus accident and became mentally ill.5) He spent the rest of his life in comfort.B.painter, birds, animals, cats, wide, published, encouragement, A year or two, The Illustrated London News, cats' Christmas party, a hundred and fifty, world famous 【原文】Dan Rider, a bookseller who loved good causes, was a member of a committee that visited mental asylums. On one visit he noticed a patient, a quiet little man, drawing cats. Rider looked at the drawings and gasped."Good lord, man," he exclaimed. "You draw like Louis Wain!""I am Louis Wain," said the artist.Most people today have never heard of Louis Wain. But, when Rider found him in 1925, he was a household name."He made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world," said H. G. Wells in a broadcast appeal a month or two later. "British cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."Before Louis Wain began drawing them, cats were kept strictly in the kitchen if they were kept at all. They were useful for catching mice and perhaps for keeping the maidservant company. Anyone else who felt affection for cats usually kept quiet about it. If a man admitted that he liked cats, he would be laughed at. The dog was the only domestic animal that could be called a friend.Louis Wain studied art as a youth and became quite a successful newspaper and magazine artist. He specialized in birds and animals, including dogs, but never drew a cat till his wife was dying. They had not been married long, and during her illness a black-and-white cat called Peter used to sit on her bed. To amuse his wife, Louis Wain used to sketch and caricature the cat while he sat by her bedside. She urged him to show these-drawings to editors, fie was unconvinced, but wanted to humour her.The first editor he approached shared his lack of enthusiasm. "Whoever would want to see a picture of a cat?" he asked, and Louis Wain put the drawings away. A year or two later he showed them to the editor of The Illustrated London News, who suggested a picture of a cats' Christmas party across two full pages. Using his old sketches of Peter, Louis Wain produced a picture containing about a hundred and fifty cats, each one different from the rest. It took him a few days to draw, and it made him world famous.For the next twenty-eight years he drew nothing but cats. He filled his house with them, and sketched them in all their moods. There was nothing subtle about his work. Its humour simply lay in showing cats performing human activities; they followed every new fashion from sea bathing to motoring. He was recognized, somewhat flatteringly, as the leading authority on the feline species. He became President of the National Cat Club and was eagerly sought after as a judge at cat shows.Louis Wain's career ended abruptly in 1914, when he was seriously injured in abus accident and became mentally ill. Finally, he was certified insane and put in an asylum for paupers.After Dan Rider found him, appeals were launched and exhibitions of his work arranged, and he spent the rest of his life in comfort. He continued to draw cats, but they became increasingly strange as his mental illness progressed. Psychiatrists found them more fascinating than anything he had done when he was sane.Task 2【答案】A.1) Because he was always trying new things and new ways of doing things just like a young painter.2) It didn’t look like her.3) It was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really was.4) People from the poorer parts of Paris, who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick.B. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) TC. 1881, 1973, Malaga, Spain, ninety-one yearsD. fifteen, nineteen, twenty-three, colors, darker, change, soft-colored, strange,shape, human face and figure, strange【原文】Pablo Picasso was born in 1881. So probably you are wondering why we call him "the youngest painter in the world". When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old. But even at that age, he was still painting like a young painter.For that reason, we have called him the "youngest" painter. Young people are always trying new things and new ways of doing things. They welcome new ideas. They are restless and are never satisfied. They seek perfection. Older people often fear change. They know what they can do best, riley prefer to repeat their successes, rather than risk failure. They have found their own place in life and don't like to leave it. We know what to expect from them.When he was over ninety, this great Spanish painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still looking for new ideas and for new ways to use his artistic materials.Picasso's figures sometimes face two ways at once, with the eyes and nose in strange places. Sometimes they are out of shape or broken. Even the colors are not natural. The title of the picture tells us it is a person, but it may look more like a machine.At such times Picasso was trying to paint what he saw with his mind as well as with his eyes. He put in the side of the face as well as the front. He painted the naked body and the clothes on it at the same time. He painted in his own way. He never thought about other people's opinions.Most painters discover a style of painting that suits them and keep to it, especially if people like their pictures. As the artist grows older his pictures may change, but not very much. But Picasso was like a man who had not yet found his own style. He was still looking for a way to express his own restless spirit.The first thing one noticed about him was the look in his large, wide-open eyes. Gertrude Stein, a famous American writer who knew him when he was young, mentioned this hungry look, and one can still see it in pictures of him today. Picasso painted a picture of her in 1906, and the story is an interesting one.According to Gertrude Stein, she visited the painter's studio eighty or ninety times while he painted her picture. While Picasso painted they talked about everything inthe world that interested them. Then one day Picasso wiped out the painted head though he had worked on it for so long. "When I look at you I can't see you any more!" he remarked.Picasso went away for the summer. When he returned, he went at once to the picture left in the comer of his studio. Quickly he finished the face from memory. He could see the woman's face more clearly in his mind than he could see it when she sat in the studio in front of him.When people complained to him that the painting of Miss Stein didn't look like her, Picasso would reply, "Too bad. She'll have to look like the picture." But thirty years later, Gertrude Stein said that Picasso's painting of her was the only picture she knew that showed her as she really wasPicasso was born in Malaga, Spain, a pleasant, quiet town. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son his first lessons in drawing.Young Pablo did badly at school. He was lazy and didn't listen to what the teachers were saying. He had confidence in himself from the beginning. But it was soon clear that the boy was an artist and deserved the best training he could get. Not even his earliest drawings look like the work of a child.One can say that Picasso was born to be a painter. He won a prize for his painting when he was only fifteen. He studied art in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all he wanted to know. When he was nineteen he visited Paris.Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Most painters went there sooner or later to study, to see pictures, and to make friends with other painters. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of painting happened there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso returned there to live, and lived in France for the rest of his life.He was already a fine painter. He painted scenes of town life—people in the streets and in restaurants, at horse races and bull fights. They were painted in bright colors and were lovely to look at.But life was not easy for him. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city. He painted men and women who were thin, hungry, tired, and sick. His colors got darker. Most of these pictures were painted in blue, and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt. The paintings of this "blue period" are full of pity and despair.Picasso did not have to wait long for success. As he began to sell his pictures and become recognized as a painter, his pictures took on a warmer look. At the same time he began to paint with more and more freedom. He began to see people and places as simple forms or shapes. He no longer tried to make his pictures true to life.The results at first seemed strange and not real. The pictures were difficult to understand. His style of painting was known as Cubism, from the shape of the cube. Many people did not like this new and sometimes frightening style. But what great paintings give us is a view of life through one man's eyes, and every man's view is different.Some of Picasso's paintings are rich, soft-colored, and beautiful. Others are strange with sharp, black outlines. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They can make our own view of the world sharper. For they force us to say to ourselves, "What makes him paint like that? What does he see?"Birds, places, and familiar objects play a part in Picasso's painting. But, when one thinks of him, one usually thinks of the way he painted the human face and figure. It is both beautiful and strange. Gertrude Stein wrote, "The head, the face, the human body--these are all that exist for Picasso. The souls of people do not interest him. The reality of life is in the head, the face, and the body."Task 3【答案】American Decorative Arts and Sculpture:colonial period, furniture, ceramics, ship modelsAmerican Art:The Far East, Islam, scroll painting, Buddhist sculpture, prints, the third millennium European Decorative Arts and Sculpture:Western, the fifth century, Medieval art, decorative arts, English silver, porcelain, the musical instrumentsPaintings:11th century, 20th century, impressionists, Spanish, DutchTextiles and Costumes:high quality, a broad selection, weavings, laces, costumes, accessories【原文】Welcome to the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston has long been recognized as a leading center for the arts. One of the city's most important cultural resources is the Museum of Fine Arts, which houses collections of art from antiquity to the present day, many of them unsurpassed. Now let me introduce to you some of the collections here.The Museum's collections of American decorative arts and sculpture range from the colonial period to the present time, with major emphasis on pre-Civil War New England. Furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and sculpture are on exhibition, as well as an important collection of ship models. Favorite among museum-goers are the collection of 18th-century American furniture, the period rooms, and the superb collection of silver.The Boston Museum's Asiatic collections are universally recognized as the most extensive assemblage to be found anywhere under one roof. Artistic traditions of the Far East, Islam, and India are represented by objects dating from the third millennium B.C. to the contemporary era. The collections of Japanese and Chinese art are especially noteworthy. The variety of strengths in the collection are reflected in such areas as Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese scroll painting, Chinese ceramics, and a renowned collection of Buddhist sculpture.The Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture houses Western European works of art dating from the fifth century through 1900. Outstanding among these holdings are the collection of medieval art and the collection of French 18th-century decorative arts. Also of exceptional importance are the English silver collection, the 18th-century English and French porcelain, and the collection of musical instruments.The Museum has one of the world's foremost collections of paintings ranging from the 11th century to the early 20th century. This department is noted for French paintings from 1825 to 1900, especially works by the impressionists. The Museum's great collection of paintings by American artists includes more than 60 works by John Singleton Copley and 50 by Gilbert Stuart. There is also a strong representation of paintings from Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.The collection of textiles and costumes is ranked among the greatest in the world because of the high quality and rarity of individual pieces and because it has a broad selection of representative examples of weavings, embroideries, laces, printed fabrics, costumes, and costume accessories. The textile arts of both eastern and western cultures are included, dating from pre-Christian times to the present.Apart from what I have mentioned, the Museum has got much more to offer, for example, the collections of classical art, Egyptian and ancient Near Eastern art, and 20th-century art. I'll leave you to explore by yourselves and enjoy your time here.Task 4【答案】A.1) specialists, specialized settings, money, sharp division2) conventions, some societies and periods3) commodityB.1) Because they lacked opportunity: The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.2) Because the art of indigenous peoples did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art.C. 1) F 2) T【原文】The functions of the artist and artwork have varied widely during the past five thousand years. It our time, the artist is seen as an independent worker, dedicated to the expression of a unique subjective experience. Often the artist's role is that of the outsider, a critical or rebellious figure. He or she is a specialist who has usually undergone advanced training in a university department of art or theater, or a school with a particular focus, such as a music conservatory. In our societies, works of art are presented in specialized settings: theaters, concert halls, performance spaces, galleries, and museum. There is usually a sharp division between the artist and her or his audience of non-artists. We also associate works of art with money: art auctions in which paintings sell for millions of dollars, ticket sales to the ballet, or fundraising for the local symphony.In other societies and parts of our own society, now and in the past, the arts are closer to the lives of ordinary people. For the majority of their history, artists have expressed the dominant beliefs of a culture, rather than rebelling against them. In place of our emphasis on the development of a personal or original style, artists were trained to conform to the conventions of their art form. Nor have artists always been specialists; in some societies and periods, all members of a society participated in art. The modern Western economic mode, which treats art as a commodity for sale, is not universal. In societies such as that of the Navaho, the concept of selling or creating a salable version of a sand painting would be completely incomprehensible. Selling Navaho sand paintings created as part of a ritual would profane a sacred experience.Artists' identities are rarely known before the Renaissance, with the exception of the period of Classical Greece, when artists were highly regarded for their individual talents and styles. Among artists who were known, there were fewer women than men. In the twentieth century, many female artists in all the disciplines have been recognized. Their absence in prior centuries does not indicate lack of talent, but reflects lack of opportunity. The necessary social, educational, and economic conditions to create art rarely existed for women in the past.Artists of color have also been recognized in the West only recently. The reasons for this absence range from the simple--there were few Asians in America and Europe prior to the middle of the nineteenth century--to the complexities surrounding African Americans. The art of indigenous peoples, while far older than that of the West, did not share the same expressive methods or aims as Western art. Until recently,such art was ignored or dismissed in Western society by the dominant cultural gatekeepers.Task 5【答案】A.1) a) 2) c) 3) b)B.Ⅰ. observant, a dog, Leather BarⅡ. Magnificent visual memory, essentialsⅢ. Rhythm, DustmenⅣ. everyday scenes, Her salty sense of humourC. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) T【原文】Few artists can have made such an immediate impact on the public as Beryl Cook. At one moment she was completely unknown; at the next, so it seemed, almost everyone had heard of her. First, a few paintings appeared quietly in the window of a remote country antique shop. Then there were exhibitions in Plymouth, in Bristol, in London; an article in a colour supplement, a television programme, a series of greetings cards and a highly successful book. Her rise was all the more astonishing since she was completely untrained, and was already middle-aged by the time she began to paint.Faced with such a series of events, the temptation is to discuss Beryl's art in the context of naive art. This seems to me a mistake, for she is a highly sophisticated and original painter, whose work deserves to be taken on its own terms.What are those terms? If one actually meets Beryl, one comes to understand them a little better. The pictures may seem extrovert, but she is not. For example, she is too shy to turn up at her own private viewings. Her pleasure is to stay in the background, observing.And what an observer Beryl Cook is! It so happens that I was present when the ideas for two of the paintings in the present collection germinated. One is a portrait of my dog, a French bulldog called Bertie. When Beryl came to see me for the first time, he jumped up the stairs ahead of her, wearing his winter coat which is made from an old scarf. A few days later his picture arrived in the post. The picture called Leather Bar had its beginnings the same evening. I took Beryl and her husband John to a pub. There was a fight, and we saw someone being thrown out by the bouncers.The point about these two incidents is that they both happened in a flash. No one was carrying camera; there was no opportunity to make sketches. But somehow the essentials of the scene registered themselves on Beryl, and she was able to record them later in an absolutely convincing and authoritative way.The fact is she has two very rare gifts, not one. She has a magnificent visual memory, and at same time she is able to rearrange and simplify what she sees until it makes a completely convincing composition. Bertie's portrait, with its plump backside and bow legs, is more like Bertie than reflection in a mirror—it catches the absolute essentials of his physique and personality.But these gifts are just the foundation of what Beryl Cook does. She has a very keen feeling for pictorial rhythm. The picture of Dustmen, for instance, has a whirling rhythm which is emphasized by the movement of their large hands in red rubber gloves—these big hands are often a special feature of Beryl's pictures. The English artist she most closely resembles in this respect is Stanley Spencer.Details such as those I have described are, of course, just the kind of thing toappeal to a professional art critic. Important as they are, they would not in themselves account for the impact she has had on the public.Basically, I think this impact is due to two things. When Beryl paints an actual, everyday scene—and I confess these are the pictures I prefer—the smallest detail is immediately recognizable. Her people, for example, seem to fit into a kind of Beryl Cook stereotype, with their big heads and fat and round bodies. Yet they are in fact brilliantly accurate portraits. Walking round Plymouth with her, I am always recognizing people who have made an appearance in her work. Indeed, her vision is so powerful that one tends ever after to see the individual in the terms Beryl has chosen for him/her.The other reason for her success is almost too obvious to be worth mentioning—it is her marvelous sense of humour. My Fur Coat is a picture of a bowler-hatted gentleman who is being offered an unexpected treat. What makes the picture really memorable is the expression on the face of the man. The humour operates even in pictures which aren't obviously "funny". There is something very endearing, for instance, in the two road sweepers with Plymouth lighthouse looming behind them.A sense of humour may be a good reason for success with the public. It is also one which tends to devalue Beryl's work with professional art buffs. Her work contains too much life to be real art as they understand it.This seems to me nonsense, and dangerous nonsense at that. Beryl does what artists have traditionally done—she comments on the world as she perceives it. And the same time she rearranges what she sees to make a pattern of shapes and colours on a flat surface—a pattern which is more than the sum of its individual parts because it has the mysterious power to enhance and excite our own responses to the visible.I suspect Beryl's paintings will be remembered and cherished long after most late 20th-century art is forgotten. What they bring us is a real sense of how ordinary life is lived in our own time, a judgment which is the more authoritative for the humour and lightness of touch.Task 6【答案】A. objects, action or story, painted and composed, interestingB.Plate 1: symmetrical, more interesting designPlate 2: asymmetrical, shapes, colorsPlate 3: extends, the left side, pointC.Plate 4: c) d)Plate 5: a) b) d)Plate 6: a) b) d)【原文】The six pictures in your book are all what we call still life paintings—that is to say, they pictures of ordinary objects such as baskets of fruit, flowers, and old books. There is no “action”, there is no "story" being told in any of these paintings. Yet we find these paintings interesting because of the way they have been painted, and especially because of the way they have been composed.The picture in PLATE 1 was painted by the seventeenth-century Spanish master Zurbaran. How simply Zurbaran has arranged his objects, merely lining them up in a row across the table! By separating them into three groups, with the largest item in thecenter, he has made what we call a symmetrical arrangement. But it is a rather free kind of symmetry, for the objects on the left side are different in shape from those on the right. Furthermore, the pile of lemons looks heavier than the cup and saucer. Yet Zurbaran has balanced these two different groups in a very subtle way. For one thing, he has made one of the leaves point downward toward the rose on the saucer, and he has made, the oranges appear to tip slightly toward the right. But even by themselves, the cup and saucer, combined with the rose, are more varied in shape than the pile of lemons on the left. All in all, what Zurbarran has done is to balance the heavier mass of lemons with a more interesting design on the right.We find a completely different sort of balance in a still life by the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Pieter Claesz (see PLATE 2). Objects of several different sizes are apparently scattered at random on a table. Claesz has arranged them asymmetrically, that is, without attempting to make the two halves of the picture look alike. The tall glass tumbler, for instance, has been placed considerably off-center, weighing down the composition at the left. Yet Claesz has restored the balance of the picture by massing his most interesting shapes and liveliest colors well over to the right.PLATE 3, a still life by the American painter William M. Harnett, seems even more heavily weighted to one side, for here two thick books and an inkwell are counterbalanced merely by a few pieces of paper. But notice the angle at which Harnett has placed the yellow envelope: How it extends one side of the pyramid formed by the books and inkwell way over to the left edge of the picture, like a long cable tying down a ship to its pier. Both the newspaper and the quill pen also point to this side of the painting, away from the heavy mass at the right, thus helping to balance the whole composition.Now turn to a still life by one of Harnett's contemporaries, the great French painter Paul Cezanne (see PLATE 4). Here the composition is even more daringly asymmetrical, for the climax of the entire picture is the heavy gray jug in the upper fight comer. Notice that Cezanne has arranged most of the fruit on the table, as well as a fold in the background drapery, so that they appear to move upward toward this jug. Yet he has balanced the composition by placing a bright yellow lemon at the left and by tipping the table down toward the lower left corner.Our next still life (see PLATE 5), by the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, seems hardly "still" at all. As we view this scene from almost directly above, the composition seems to radiate in all directions, almost like an explosion. Notice that Van Gogh has painted the tablecloth with short, thick strokes which seem to shoot out from the very center of the picture.Finally, let us look at a painting by Henri Matisse (see PLATE 6). Here we see a number of still life objects, but no table to support them. Matisse presents each form by itself, in a world of its own, rather than as part of a group of objects in a realistic situation. But he makes us feel that all these forms belong together in his picture simply by the way he has related them to one another in their shapes and colors.Task 7【原文】Frank Lloyd Wright did not call himself an artist. He called himself an architect. But the buildings he designed were works of art. He looked at the ugly square buildings around him, and he did not like what he saw. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.Frank Lloyd Wright lived from 1869 to 1959. When he was young, there were nocourses in architecture, so he went to work in an architect's office in order to learn how to design buildings. Soon he was designing buildings that were beautiful.He also wanted to make his buildings fit into the land around them. One of the houses he designed is on top of a high hill. Other people built tall, square houses on hills, but Wright did not want to lose the beauty of the hill. He built the house low and wide.Now other architects know how to design buildings to fit into the landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright showed them how to do it.。
Unit 7II. Basic Listening Practice1.ScriptW: I hear you’re considering starting your own business. What kind of business do you have in mind?M: Just an Internet start-up. I plan to design WebPages for clients.Q: What is man the planning to do?B) Launch an Internet company.2. ScriptW: Why are you planning to start up a textile company in that developing country? M: You see, even here in the United States textile companies are turning a profit with huge labor costs. We could do the same thing in that country at the fraction of the cost because the labor there is much cheaper.Q: Which of the following is true of establishing a textile company?C) The company can make a profit in the both U.S and that developing country.3. ScriptW: We ordered 50 laptops from your company, but on the invoice I see there is an extra charge for shipping. I thought shipping was included in the quote.M: Shipping is included. There must be a mistake on the invoice. I’ll straighten out the mistake and send you a new invoice.Q: Which of the following is true?A)Shipping is included in the price.4.ScriptM: This was a time-sensitive document! There’s no point in delivering it three hours late!W: I’m sorry, sir. Perhaps I could connect you to our complaints department if you wish to take it further.Q: What is true of the document?B)It was delivered too late.5. ScriptM: We were very surprised to receive such bad service from a company we’ve been doing business with in the past. So now I’d like to know what you’re going to do about it.W: I think this is the result of a breakdown in communication, and we need to look at our communication methods both internally and externally. Obviously, we want to keep our clients happy, and unfortunately we’ve fallen short this time. I’m here to make sure it won’t happen again.Q: What is the reason for the problem according to the woman?C) Failure in the exchange of information and ideas.III. Listening InTask 1: Attending a Business ReceptionScriptChris: I’ve been looking forward to this reception for weeks. I can’t wait to get some for my own leads. You know, start making new connections.Nora: Smart thinking. But what are you going to do with all those brochures? Chris: The party ends at 2:00. I figure I can have them all distributed by 1:30. Nora: No, no, no. Let me clue you in. Those brochures will make you look like a green hand.Chris: What should I do then?Nora: Hand out business cards. That’s the way to do it.Chris: I don’t understand what’s wrong with these brochures about our company. Nora: This room is going to be filled with potential clients, but there is an unwritten law: You leave your work at the door.Chris: But how am I supposed to get anything out of this if we can’t talk business? Nora: You have business cards. Get in there and exchange cards. Just get a card for a card.Chris: Then follow up on Monday?Nora: You catch on quick. Let’s split up so we can cover more ground.Chris: Great idea. This is going to be a piece of cake. I’ll meet you back here at 2:00. Key(1) reception (2) new connections (3)distributed (4)green hand (5) business cards (6)talk business (7) card (8)follow up (9)more ground (10) piece of cake Task2: Business IdeasScriptBusiness ideas are all around you. Many business ideas come from a careful analysis of market and consumer needs. If you are interested in starting a business, but don’t know what product or service you might sell, here are some ways that may help you find one.First of all, you should study how to value to an existing product. The difference between raw wood and finished wooden products is a good example of putting a product through an additional process to increase its value.But additional processes are not the only way value can be added. You might also add services, or combine one product with other products. For instance, a local farm which sells produce can also offer a vegetable delivery service—for a free.What business ideas can you develop along these lines? Focus on what products you might buy, and what you might do to them or with them to create a profitable business.Some people have another way of making a profit. They improve an existing product or service. We all know that the person who can build a better mousetrap will make a lot of money. That person could be you! A local entrepreneur has created an improved version of the hula hoop. It’s bigger and heavier, so hula hoopers can control it more easily and do more tricks. How did she come up with this business idea? She thought hula hooping would be a fun thing to do with her daughter, but found the commercially available product too flimsy.There are very few products or services that can’t be improved. Start generating business ideas by looking at the products and services you use and brainstorming ideas as to how they could be better.Question and key1.What is the first way the speaker mentions that can help you produce a businessidea?C) Adding value to an existing product.2. Which of the following methods does the speaker NOT mention?B) Cutting the price of the product.3. Why does the speaker mention the hula hoop?B) It is an example to show how to improve a product.4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A) Most products and services can be improved.5. What is the passage mainly about?D) The way to find good business ideas.Task3 Start-up companiesScriptStart-up companies can come in all forms, but the phrase “start-up company” is often associated with high-growth, technology-oriented companies. Investors are often attracted to those new companies that have lower bootstrapping costs, higher risk, and higher potential returns on investment. Successful start-ups are typically more scalable than established businesses, in the sense that they can potentially grow more rapidly with limited investment of capital, labor, or land.Start-ups have a number of options for funding. Venture capital firms and angel investors may help start-up companies begin operations, exchange cash for an equity stake. In practice though, many start-ups are initially founded by the foundersthemselves.A critical task in setting up a business is to conduct research in order to assess the business ideas, the opportunities and risks in future development, and the commercial potential. If a company’s value is based on its technology, it is often equally important for the business owners to obtain intellectual property protection for their ideas. The news magazine The Economist estimated that up to 75 percent of the value of U.S. listed companies is now based on their intellectual property (up from 40 percent in1980). Often, 100 percent of a small start-up company’s value is based on its intellectual property. As such, it is important for technology-oriented start-up companies to develop a sound strategy for protecting their intellectual capital as early as possible.Stat-up companies, particularly those associated with new technology, sometimes produce huge returns to their creators and investor. Based on a research, founder CEOs of high-tech companies can typically expect their stock to be worth about $16.5 million if the company succeeds in going public. However, the failure rate of start-up companies is very high.Key(1) technology-oriented (2) higher (3) returns (4) options (5) Venture capital (6) cash (7) founders (8) business ideas (9) potential (10) intellectual property protection (11) 100 percent (12) creators (13) stock (14) $16.5 million (15) failure rateIV. Speaking OutMODEL 1 I’m having cash problems.ScriptBill:Helen, you started this company only a year ago. If you want it to grow, I’m afraid you need to do something about cash flow.Helen: Bill, although you’ve worked here only for a couple of months, (1) you already know this company inside out. I’m having cash problems.Bill: Clearly you don’t have the money you need to buy the equipment to be competitive. (2) You have just barely enough funds to cover your day-to-dayoperational expenses.Helen: I think (3) my best bet is to secure a small-business loan.Bill: I don’t think that’s possible. It seems to me you don’t have the collateral fora loan.Helen: What can I do then?Bill: Try the Small Business Association. (4) They help underwrite loans for small businesses.Helen: So, even though I don’t have much collateral, (5)I can still quality for a loan?Bill: Under this special program, possibly.Helen:That would really help me (6) cover our overhead. I just need to get some time to get the revenues up.Bill: Apply for the small business loan, and keep your fingers crossed! MODEL2I have some very bad news.ScriptHelen: Bill, (1) I’ve been searching for a loan, but I was rejected everywhere. Now I’m afraid I have some very bad news.Bill:What is it?Helen: Well, (2) the company has been experiencing serious financial difficulties for quite a long time now.Bill: I know (3) we’ve been operating in the red for the past few months. Helen: Exactly. After a long discussion with my partners, I’ve come to the conclusion that (4) the best course of action is to file for bankruptcyBill: What? Bankruptcy? I didn’t know you were in this kind of serious financial trouble.Helen:Sales have been low all year long. Now two of our leading competitors are discussing a merger. Then (5) we’ll have to face even stiffer competition. I feel the situation is going to go from bad to worse. We simply can’t afford to keep our doors open for long.Bill: When do you plan to make the announcement to tell all the employees? Helen:Early next week.Bill:What kinds of severance package will we be able to offer them?Helen: Unfortunately, the best we can do is offer one month’s salary.Bill: Oh! How terrible! OK… I’ll contact Vivitek and see if (6) they are interested in acquiring our company.MODEL3 W e’ve been looking for a merger partner. ScriptBill: I hear that Vivitek has been considering acquiring a CD manufacturer for some time.Jessica: That’s quite true. What’s on your mind?Bill:My boss Helen thinks that our company would be a good match for Vivitek.And (1) we’ve been looking for a merger partner.Jessica: (2) Are you sure youroperation has much to bring to the table?Bill: (3) Definitely.The quality of our products is first-rate, and we have many reliable sales outlets. What’s more, Vivitek can propel us to even greaterheights. It will be an all-around excellent match.Jessica:I think it might be, though we have yet to discuss details.Bill: As a matter of fact, (4) we’ve already received a few attractive bids.Jessica: Well, we of course need to come up with a plan that is attractive for both partiesBill: True, but my boss has to (5) keep our shareholders’ interests in mind. Jessica:(6) It’s reasonable to keep your employees’ welfare in mind.Bill: Yes, we don’t want to disappoint them.Jessica: Then let’s talk about specifics.V. Let’s Talk1. Script and keyVoice-over:In [South] Korea anything that takes life away from the tradition of (1) rapid growth, directed by the big corporations, causes quitea stir. In 1997, the financial crisis that hit the whole of AsiaPacific delivered a severe (2) shock to the big guns of [South]Korean industry. Since then, the number of people starting to turntheir backs on the (3) large companies and strike out on their ownhas (4) shot up. Among the new band of go-getters is Myung SooKim. We asked if he left Samsung because the work was too (5)hard and the place was too regimented.Myung Soo Kim:No, that wasn’t the case. I did n’t think there were enough (6) opportunities to use all of my abilities because it was such amassive organization. I also wanted to have a go at something (7)different from working in a big company. I just kept my eyes openfor a business that looked like being (8) stable. Then, I happenedto find a place that did car washing and small repairs. The numberof cars has gone up astronomically. But although it hasn’t beeneasy, I’m making more (9) money now and don’t have so manyhassles. I don’t have anybody looking over my shoulder. It’s my(10) own business, that’s the difference.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1 Where to Start Your BusinessScriptYou have to consider the location when launching a business. You will be “planting your business tree” there and will have to maintain it for years to come. You have to keep in mind a few things when deciding on where to open your business.First of all, you have to take the local economy into consideration. Is your local area growing and building? Are the market trends good? Even if you have to locate your business far from your home, try to find a place that is building up and bringing people in. The worst thing you can do is to pick a place that is in the “bad area of town” because it is less expensive. Your address can be the first thing people will ask for, and it can say a lot about your business.The second thing you have to bear in mind is the job market. Since unemployment is low in most area in the Unites States, consider what type of employees you will need and find out if there are many in your area. The amount of money that you will have to spend in the recruiting phase could be an indicator of whether you should locate the business in an area with a different employee pool or not.Another factor you have to consider is whether you can integrate with the local community and get to love it. To make the community warm to you, you should become involved in it by joining the local chamber of commerce, business association, or other local organization that could offer you help. Why plan on retiring “one day”to some great location? Why not move there now and start your dream business? Question and key1.What is the speaker mainly talking about?D) How to find a good business location.2.What must you find if you are going to locate a business at far from your home?C) A place that is building up.3.According to the speaker, what is the worst thing you can do?C) Choosing an economically inactive place because of the low costs.4.What will the recruiting money tell you?A) Whether you should set up a company in a certain place.5.What can you do to integrate with the locate people?C)Joining the local organizations.Task 2: Too clever to be wiseScriptOnce there was a Scottish accountant. The business has been in the family for generations and generations. Over time, with the countless clients that had gone in and out of the office, the marble step in front of the building had developed a big, deep dip in it from all the wear and tear.The accountant’s friends kept telling him that he had better get it replaced; otherwise he’d be sued if anyone ever slipped and fell.Reluctantly, the accountant called a stonemason to get a quote for the repairs. When the stonemason got there, the accountant demanded a price for a new step.“Ah, big job,” said the e stonemason, “But I suppose I could give you a new step for 100 pounds.”The accountant was stunned. “Are you crazy, man? I can’t pay you 100 pounds!”Thinking about it for a second, he turned to the stonemason and asked, “How much would you charge me to dig up the step and turn it over so that the worn part is in the ground and I’d get a new square step?” The stonemason hesitated, “20 pounds.”“Do it!” demanded the accountant, “And call me when you’re done.”The accountant went back inside to read his books, but after only 15minutes the stonemason rang the bell. As the accountant opened the door, he saw the stonemason standing there, pointing to a deep dip in the step. The stonemason laughed as he said, “Your great-great-great granddaddy thought of that 150 years ago!”Keys:1. F2.T3.F4. F5.TTask3 Mergers and acquisitionsScriptAlthough the terms mergers and acquisitions are often used interchangeably, as though they were synonymous, they mean slightly different things.When one company takes over another and clearly establishes itself as the new owner, the purchase is called an acquisition. From a legal point of view, the target company ceases to exist, the buyer “swallows” the business, and the buyer’s stock continues to be traded.In the pure sense of the term, a merger happens when two firms agree to go forward as a single new company rather than remain separately owned and operated. This kind of action is more precisely referred to as a “merger of equals”. The firms are often about the same size. Both companies’ stocks are surrendered, and the new company’s stock is issued in its place.In practice, however, actual mergers of equals don’t happen very often. Usually, one company will buy another and, as part of the deal’s terms, simply allow the acquired firm to proclaim that the action is a merger of equals, even if it is technically an acquisition. Being bought out often carries negative implications; by describing the deal euphemistically as a merger, top managers try to make the takeover more palatable.A purchase deal will also be called a merger when both CEOs agree that joining together is in the best interest of both of their companies. But when the deal is unfriendly-that is, when the target company does not want to be purchased-it is always regarded as an acquisition.Whether a purchase is considered a merger or an acquisition really depends on whether the purchase is friendly or hostile and how it is announced. In other words, the real difference lies in how the purchase is communicated to and received by the target company’s board of directors, employees, and shareholders.Question and key1.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of acquisition according to thepassage?D)The target company’s stock continues to be traded.2.Which of the following is true of a merger in its purest form?B) The two companies are about the same size.3. Which of the following is true of mergers in practice?D) All of above.4. What does the speaker think of acquisition?C) They usually go against the wishes of the target companies.5. Which of the following points of view best describes the difference between merger and acquisition?A) It is just a subjective judgment.Viewing and speakingUrging shareholders to reject a takeover offerScriptInterviewee: Oh, absolutely not. I mean I think the case has been made very strongly throughout the process. And I think today, which is in fact our results forthe 2009 period, strongly reinforces the message that this is a first-classbusiness worth a considerable amount more money than we’re beingoffered by Kraft.Interviewer:It does seem to suggest that when the analysts say it’s just about the price being right and the shareholders will be keen to go for the Kraftoffer.Interviewee:Well, it’s certainly about value, and the whole process is about extracting the best value for shareholders. But that value is reallyrelative to the value that Cadbury can create as an independent company.And I think the results we’ve shown demonstrate that that value ismaterial more than the Kraft offer.Interviewer: Have you spoken to Lord Mandelson or any other government ministers recently about the state of affairs with Kraft, and have they given youany reassurance?Interviewee: We’ve not spoken directly to Lord Mandelson although we’ve clearly seen his commentary on the impact of hostile bids on British companies.I mean, our position has been throughout that we are appreciative ofsupport from all sources whether it is the consumer or very, verywell-known politicians. But our job is to assess value for ourshareholders. So to that extent we will be continuing to focus on value,but listening and appreciative of the support we receive from others. Interviewer: And so the key message you’d like everyone to take away today from this last-ditch appeal?Interviewee: Well the key message is that it isn’t a last-ditch appeal; it is a statement of the quality of the business. Cadbury is a wonderful iconic businesswith remarkable market positions and great positions in growth marketswhich is delivering for its shareholders today. It has no strategic issues,no financial issues and no managerial issues. And for that reasonanybody that seeks to own this company should pay a lot of money forthe privilege.KeyThe items in favors of the idea that “Cadbury should be sold for more money” are 1), 2), 4), 6), 7), 8).。